For professional graphic artists, web designers, game developers, multimedia content creators, filmmakers, animators and loyal Bryce fans, Bryce 3D is set to expand the horizon of 3D image creation by adding the ability to easily add animation and atmospheric effects to a scene.
Once a product that created compelling natural and surreal 3D worlds for print, Bryce 3D will now produce broadcast quality 3D motion graphics that can be saved to video, AVI or QuickTime™ movies.
When immersed inside Bryce 3D, artists will find new animation controls that allow any property such as atmosphere, objects, imported 3D models or terrains to be animated. With Bryce 3D, artists can literally move any mountain and command clouds to roll by as the sun sets on an alien horizon.
Any imported 3D model or object can be laid down on a simple geometric ribbon-like path, allowing even a beginner to create unique 3D animations quickly and easily. All the new animation and effects features will be made possible in Bryce 3D by the hierarchical grouping of objects and events via keyframing.
Artists will be able to simulate real-world camera motion with a choice of several movement modes. Rotation, curves, dips and fly-over motion commands will be easily performed in Bryce 3D. The new keyframe animator will offer full velocity control over each object's timeline, setting the keyframes to fit each adjustment. All motion paths in Bryce 3D can be edited and saved as presets, and imported or exported.
New features of Bryce 3D include:
• Enhanced Sky and Fog settings
• New Hyper Textures that add volumetric properties producing penetrable atmospheres that objects, cameras or lights can move through
• Moons with actual lunar map textures; phases of the moon from waning to full
• Random star fields for unlimited choices of star patterns
• Rainbows that simulate actual water vapor refractions
• Infinite slab in the primitives palette creates an infinite plane, scalable in depth, width and breadth allowing any volumetric property or texture to be applied
A benchmark of Bryce 3D is its unique high-quality output and ease of use that has not been reproduced in any other application. Bryce 3D will offer increased speed, performance and productivity with its advanced raytracing renderer and a shaded animation/still frame preview that takes advantage of Open GL, DirectX™ foundation 5 (DX5), and a proprietary software acceleration application developed by MetaCreations.
System Requirements
Windows: Pentium processor, Windows 95/NT 3.5/NT 4, 16 MB of available RAM, 50 MB of free hard drive space, CD-ROM drive 16-bit video.
Macintosh: Power PC processor, Mac OS System 7.1 or later, 16 MB of available RAM, 50 MB of free hard drive space, CD-ROM Drive, 16-bit video, Color Monitor.
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